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- Japanese
- alice-in-wonderland
  - 不思議の国のアリス — Alice of the Land of Wonder
- bakari
  - ばかり — just/only/nothing-but particle (Cure Dolly)
- clause-before-noun
  - clause before a noun — relative clauses and ga-scope (Cure Dolly)
- conditionals-dato-tara-nara
  - だと / たら / なら — three conditionals (Cure Dolly)
- demo-even
  - でも — even/any/or-something + でも vs ても (Cure Dolly)
- final-particles
  - sentence-final particles — よ / ね / よね / な / ぞ / ぜ (Cure Dolly)
- ikura-temo
  - いくら〜ても = no matter how much (Cure Dolly)
- kashira-wonder
  - かしら — wondering particle (Cure Dolly)
- kikkake-ni
  - きっかけに — trigger particle phrase (N2)
- komu-suffix-in
  - 込む = the "in" suffix — compound verbs of inward motion
- kosoado-demonstratives
  - こそあど (ko-so-a-do) — Japanese demonstrative family
- made-made-ni
  - まで / までに / までには — until vs by (deadline machine)
- nanode-since
  - なので = だ→な + の + で — the 'since' machine
- ndesu-explanatory
  - んです／のです — the explanatory frame (Cure Dolly)
- noda-cleft
  - のだ/んだ + のは〜だ — explanatory and cleft (Cure Dolly)
- noni-even-though
  - のに — even though, with a complaint baked in (Cure Dolly)
- onegaishimasu
  - お願いします — humble request + keigo pattern (お + noun + する)
- particle-roles
  - particle roles — の/こと nominalize, に marks role/target (Cure Dolly)
- shi-lister
  - し — the lister particle (Cure Dolly)
- tara-ii-no-ni
  - 〜たらいいのに (wish / if-only pattern)
- te-aru-iru-oku
  - てある / ている / ておく — the state-placement family (Cure Dolly L21)
- to-conditional
  - Verb + と — the when/if conditional (自然と条件)
- toiu-called
  - という — the naming/quoting machine (Cure Dolly)
- toka-listing
  - とか〜とか — vague listing (Cure Dolly)
- tte-quote-topic
  - って — casual quote + topic (Cure Dolly)
English
- English Grammar Patterns
- adjective-preposition
  - Adjective + preposition (fixed pairs) — Murphy Unit 130
- afraid-to-vs-afraid-of
  - afraid to do vs afraid of doing — hesitation vs dread (GiU Unit 66)
- all-of-the-specific
  - all of the ... (specific) vs all ... (generic) — Murphy Unit 88
- all-the-books
  - all the books — all + the + plural (GiU Unit 75)
- apologise-for-ing
  - apologise for + -ing — verb + preposition + -ing (GiU Unit 62)
- as-long-as-comparison
  - as long as we have — as ... as with auxiliaries (GiU Unit 107)
- as-vs-when
  - as vs when — as needs an ongoing background (GiU Unit 116)
- ask-sb-for-sth
  - ask sb for sth — ask you for money (GiU prepositions)
- at-end-vs-in-end
  - at the end (of) vs in the end — and on time vs in time (GiU Unit 122)
- at-the-age-of
  - at the age of (Murphy Additional Exercises, Prepositions)
- back-at-work
  - back at work — be back + place (Murphy Unit 137, Phrasal verbs 1)
- backshift-unreality
  - Backshift = unreality (conditionals + wish, Murphy Units 39-41)
- begin-avoid-double-ing
  - begin/start + -ing vs to — avoid double -ing (GiU Unit 56)
- being-state-vs-behaviour
  - is he ill vs is he being ill — state vs behaviour (GiU Unit 4)
- blame-for
  - blame me for — verb + for vs put the blame on (GiU Unit 135)
- care-for-about-of
  - care for vs care about vs care of (GiU Unit 133)
- care-for-vs-about
  - care for vs care about (Murphy Unit 133, Verb + preposition 2)
- carry-out
  - carry out — perform / execute (Murphy Unit 139, Phrasal verbs out)
- causative-make-let-have
  - Causative verbs: make/let/have + bare infinitive (Murphy Additional Exercises, -ing and to)
- check-in
  - check in / check into / check out — hotel & airport (Murphy Unit 138, in/out)
- complain-of-vs-about
  - complain of vs complain about (GiU Unit 134)
- crash-into
  - crash into — movement prepositions with impact (GiU Unit 126/136)
- discuss-transitive
  - discuss = transitive — no about/of (GiU Unit 133)
- do-something-about
  - do something about it (Murphy Unit 133, Verb + preposition 2)
- do-up
  - do up — fasten (Murphy Unit 144, Phrasal verbs up 2)
- do-up-renovate
  - do up vs make up vs put up vs decorated up (GiU Additional, phrasals)
- down-phrasals
  - down-phrasals — match the verb to its causer (GiU Unit 142)
- doze-off-phrasals
  - doze off vs fall off vs go off vs finish off — off-phrasals (GiU Unit 141)
- drop-in-phrasals
  - drop in vs fall in vs join in vs visit — phrasal confusion (GiU Units 137–145)
- echo-questions
  - Echo questions (Murphy Unit 51, Auxiliary verbs)
- echo-vs-so-neither
  - echo question vs so/neither — match A's auxiliary (GiU Unit 51)
- essential-idioms
  - Essential Idioms in English — on hand, and the hand family
- even-vs-even-though
  - even vs even though vs even if — modifier vs conjunctions (GiU Unit 112)
- fall-out-with
  - fall out with — quarrel (Murphy Additional Exercises, Phrasal verbs)
- famous-for-as
  - famous for vs as — adjective + preposition (GiU Unit 131)
- first-time-perfect
  - the first time + present perfect (GiU Additional 1–18)
- for-ages-vs-in-ages
  - for ages vs in ages — both OK with negative perfect (GiU Unit 12)
- get-away-phrasals
  - get away vs get away with — away-phrasals (GiU Unit 145)
- get-away-with-it
  - get away with it — three-part phrasal verbs (Murphy Unit 145)
- get-by
  - get by — manage / survive (Murphy Unit 137, Phrasal verbs 1)
- get-on-vs-get-off
  - get on with someone (relationship) vs get on/off (vehicle)
- get-out-of
  - get out of — avoid / escape (Murphy Unit 138, Phrasal verbs in/out)
- go-on-go-off-come-on
  - go on vs go off vs come on (Murphy Unit 141)
- go-on-to-vs-ing
  - go on to do vs go on doing — next stage vs continue (GiU Unit 56)
- go-up-to
  - go up to — approach (Murphy Unit 143, Phrasal verbs up 1)
- had-better-vs-should
  - had better = specific urgency, should = general advice (GiU Unit 35)
- have-got-vs-have
  - have got vs have — state sticker vs time engine (GiU Units 1–18)
- he-left-vs-hes-left
  - he left vs he's left — 'ago' forces past simple (Additional Exercises, Present and past)
- help-bare-infinitive
  - help somebody (to) do — bare infinitive (GiU Unit 57)
- how-old-have-to-be
  - how old do you have to be — have to + bare be (GiU Unit 31)
- if-should-remote
  - if + should = remote possibility, not 'ought to' (GiU Unit 34)
- if-vs-in-case
  - if vs in case — same-chain vs pre-emptive precaution (GiU Unit 114)
- im-afraid-softener
  - I'm afraid ≠ sayangnya — bad-news softener, not regret (GiU)
- in-state-condition
  - in + state / condition (Murphy Unit 127)
- in-vs-on-vehicles
  - in vs on for vehicles (Murphy Unit 125, in/at/on position 3)
- institution-the
  - institution with/without the — school, hospital, prison (GiU Unit 74)
- keep-on-ing
  - keep on + -ing — continue/repeat (GiU Unit 141, on/off 2)
- keep-on-vs-go-on
  - keep on vs go on (Murphy Unit 141, Phrasal verbs on)
- leave-out-phrasals
  - leave out vs fill in vs drop out — in/out phrasals (GiU Unit 138)
- let-down
  - let down — disappoint (Murphy Unit 142, Phrasal verbs up/down)
- like-ing-vs-like-to
  - like + -ing vs like + to — enjoyment vs choice (GiU Unit 58)
- little-vs-a-little
  - little vs a little / few vs a few — bare = not enough (GiU Unit 87)
- live-on
  - live on / live for / live off (Murphy Unit 135, Verb + preposition 4)
- look-back-on
  - look back on — reflect (Murphy Additional Exercises, Phrasal verbs)
- modal-perfect-infinitive
  - Modal + perfect infinitive (might have been, Murphy Unit 43)
- move-in-out
  - move in / move out — start or leave living somewhere (Murphy Unit 138, in/out)
- movement-verbs-prepositions
  - Movement verbs + preposition (leave for, go to, arrive at)
- must-vs-have-to
  - must vs have to — speaker-duty vs outside-duty, and must's two walls (GiU Unit 31)
- negative-echo-no
  - negative echo: 'No' agreeing with a negative statement (GiU Unit 23 context)
- nod-off
  - nod off / doze off / drop off — fall asleep accidentally (Murphy Unit 141)
- noun-preposition
  - noun + preposition — need for, solution to, cause of (GiU Unit 129)
- number-labels-no-article
  - numbers need no article — room 25, page 53 (GiU Unit 73)
- on-surface-core
  - on = surface/medium — the core rule (GiU Unit 123-124)
- on-the-computer
  - on the computer — devices take on (GiU Unit 124)
- on-the-corner
  - on/in/at the corner — street corner vs room corner (GiU Unit 124)
- paper-vs-a-paper
  - paper vs a paper — uncountable material vs countable (GiU Unit 70)
- pay-vs-pay-for
  - pay vs pay for (Murphy Unit 135, Verb + preposition 4)
- perception-verbs-do-ing
  - see/hear somebody do vs doing — whole event vs snapshot (GiU Unit 67)
- phrasal-verbs-calculation
  - Phrasal verbs of calculation / result (Additional Exercises, Units 137-145)
- phrasal-word-order
  - phrasal verb word order — pronoun must sit between (GiU Unit 137)
- prefer-to-ing
  - prefer X-ing to Y-ing (Unit 59)
- present-perfect-simple-present-result
  - Present perfect + simple present (Murphy Unit 13)
- put-off
  - put off — two meanings: postpone AND discourage (Murphy Additional Exercises)
- put-up-with
  - put up with — tolerate (Murphy Additional Exercises, Phrasal verbs)
- quite-gradable
  - quite = fairly (gradable) vs completely (non-gradable) — GiU Unit 104
- reason-for
  - reason for ... (Murphy Additional Exercises, Prepositions Units 12, 119-136)
- regret-ing-vs-to
  - regret -ing vs regret to — past sorrow vs present announcement (GiU Additional 53-66)
- relative-clauses
  - Relative clauses — who / whom / whose / which (Unit 94)
- remind-of-about-to
  - remind of vs about vs to — association, obligation, task (GiU Unit 134)
- rivers-take-the
  - The Yangtze River — rivers take the (GiU Unit 77)
- search-vs-search-for
  - search vs search for — examine vs look for (Murphy Unit 133)
- series-same-form
  - a series of — same-form singular/plural nouns (GiU Unit 79)
- set-off
  - set off — start a journey (Murphy Additional Exercises, Phrasal verbs)
- some-students
  - some students vs students — event vs category (Murphy Unit 71, Countable nouns)
- some-vs-any
  - some vs any — function, not question-vs-statement (GiU Unit 85)
- sore-throat-article
  - a sore throat — ailments take a/an (GiU Unit 71)
- sorry-about-vs-for
  - sorry about vs sorry for (Murphy Additional Exercises, Prepositions)
- sort-out
  - sort out — resolve (Murphy Additional Exercises, Phrasal verbs)
- stop-to-vs-stop-ing
  - stop to vs stop -ing — pause-and-do vs cease (GiU Unit 56)
- stranded-prepositions
  - what does she spend it on — stranded prepositions (GiU Unit 49)
- streets-no-the
  - Streets take no the — Broadway, Oxford Street (GiU Unit 78)
- suggest-no-person-to
  - suggest — no person + to (GiU Unit 34 context)
- take-for-granted
  - take for granted — appreciate-not vs assume-true (Essential Idioms)
- take-up-hobby
  - take up = start a hobby (GiU Unit 143, up 1)
- tell-off
  - tell off — scold / reprimand (Murphy Unit 141, Phrasal verbs on/off)
- the-north-of-england
  - the north of England — 'of' constructions take 'the' (Murphy Unit 77)
- think-of-vs-about
  - think of vs think about (Murphy Unit 134, Verb + preposition 3)
- throw-at-vs-to
  - throw at vs throw to — at = target, to = receiver (Murphy Unit 132)
- time-clauses-present
  - time clauses take present, never will (GiU Unit 25)
- time-prepositions-at-on-in
  - on Saturday morning — day + part of day (GiU Units 119-121)
- too-vs-too-much
  - too + adjective vs too much + noun (GiU Unit 103)
- travel-journey-trip
  - travel / journey / trip (Unit 70)
- try-to-vs-try-ing
  - try to vs try -ing — attempt vs experiment (GiU Unit 57)
- turn-down-reject
  - turn down = reject (GiU Additional Exercises, phrasal units)
- turn-out-phrasals
  - turn out — phrasal verb: result/outcome (GiU Unit 140)
- turn-up
  - turn up — arrive / appear (Murphy Additional Exercises, Phrasal verbs)
- up-phrasals-2
  - up-phrasals 2 — save up, cheer up, make up, blow up (GiU Unit 144)
- used-to-three-ways
  - used to do vs be used to doing vs get used to — three-way trap (GiU Unit 61)
- verb-families-ing-to
  - expect + to — verb families -ing vs to (GiU Unit 56)
- verb-prep-spend
  - spend money/time on something (Unit 136)
- verb-preposition-ing
  - Verb + preposition + -ing (Unit 62)
- verbs-with-built-in-prepositions
  - Verbs with built-in prepositions (Additional Exercises, Prepositions Units 12, 119-136)
- whole-needs-determiner
  - whole needs the/a — all and every are determiners (GiU Unit 90)
- will-vs-going-to
  - will vs be going to vs will be doing — decision vs plan vs course (GiU Units 20/23/24)
- wish-could-knew
  - wish + could / past simple / had — the three wishes (GiU Unit 39)
- wish-three-patterns
  - wish + past simple / past perfect / would (Murphy Unit 41)
- would-rather-vs-prefer
  - would rather / would prefer / prefer (-ing and to Units 53-66)
AWS CCP
- AWS CCP
- analytics-services
  - Analytics Services — Redshift, Athena, EMR, Kinesis, QuickSight
- app-integration
  - App Integration — Step Functions, EventBridge, API Gateway
- Billing, Pricing, and Support — page 1
- Billing, Pricing, and Support — page 2
- Billing, Pricing, and Support — page 3
- caf
  - AWS CAF — Cloud Adoption Framework
- ccp-study-checklist
  - AWS CCP Study Checklist
- Cloud Technology and Services — page 1
- Cloud Technology and Services — page 10
- Cloud Technology and Services — page 11
- Cloud Technology and Services — page 2
- Cloud Technology and Services — page 3
- Cloud Technology and Services — page 4
- Cloud Technology and Services — page 5
- Cloud Technology and Services — page 6
- Cloud Technology and Services — page 7
- Cloud Technology and Services — page 8
- Cloud Technology and Services — page 9
- cloudfront
  - CloudFront — CDN & Edge
- compute-map
  - AWS Compute — Service Map
- Cloud Concepts — page 1
- Cloud Concepts — page 2
- cost-tools
  - Cost Management Tools — Explorer, Budgets, Calculators, Trusted Advisor
- data-transfer
  - Data Transfer & Hybrid Storage — Snowball, DataSync, Storage Gateway
- database-comparison
  - RDS vs Aurora vs DynamoDB vs ElastiCache
- dynamodb-deep-dive
  - DynamoDB Deep Dive — Study Notes
- ec2-instance-types
  - EC2 Instance Types — Family Codes & Meanings
- ec2-pricing
  - EC2 Pricing Models
- global-infrastructure
  - AWS Global Infrastructure — Regions, AZs, Edge
- iam-basics
  - IAM — Users, Groups, Roles, Policies
- lambda-usage
  - Lambda — When & How (Serverless Use Cases)
- management-services
  - AWS Management Services — CloudWatch, CloudTrail, CloudFormation, Config, Systems Manager
- messaging-trio
  - SNS vs SQS vs SES — Messaging Trio
- misc-services
  - Final Misc Services — Cognito, Secrets Manager, Beanstalk, Lightsail, Route 53 Policies, CloudWatch Logs
- networking-basics
  - AWS Networking — ELB, Route 53, VPC, Direct Connect, VPN
- organizations
  - AWS Organizations & Consolidated Billing
- s3-storage-classes
  - S3 Storage Classes
- Security and Compliance — page 1
- Security and Compliance — page 2
- Security and Compliance — page 3
- Security and Compliance — page 4
- Security and Compliance — page 5
- Security and Compliance — page 6
- Security and Compliance — page 7
- Security and Compliance — page 8
- security-services
  - AWS Security Services — IAM, WAF, KMS, Shield
- shared-responsibility
  - AWS Shared Responsibility Model
- storage-types
  - Block vs Object vs File Storage
- support-plans
  - AWS Support Plans
- well-architected
  - Well-Architected Framework — 6 Pillars
API Hacking
- CAPIJ — Certified API Hacking Junior (Syllabus)
- auth-methods
  - Authentication Methods & Their Attack Surface
- authn-vs-authz
  - Authentication vs Authorization
- capie-slides
  - CAPIE — Full Course Slides (223 slides)
- firewall-and-labs
  - CAPIE — Firewall Bypass & Lab Workflow
- jwt
  - JWT — Structure, Guarantees, and Attacks
- oauth
  - OAuth 2.0 — Flows, state, and Attack Surface
- oauth-flows
  - OAuth Flows Compared — Code, PKCE, Implicit, Device, OIDC
- oidc-idtoken
  - OIDC id_token vs access_token
- owasp-2019
  - OWASP API Top 10 (2019) — Drill Notes
- rest-vs-soap
  - REST vs SOAP
Japan
- bjt
  - BJT — Business Japanese Proficiency Test (Plan)
- bjt-prep
  - BJT Prep — Keigo, Business Vocab, Section Strategy
- entry-paths
  - Entry Paths into Japan — HENNGE, Mercari, METI JIP
- it-career
  - IT Career in Japan — Plan
- job-search
  - Japan Job Search — Portals, Agencies, Salary
Economy
- Economy
- imd-competitiveness
  - IMD Competitiveness Ranking
- indonesia-gdp
  - Indonesia GDP

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